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Sunday, September 8, 2013

The Monday That Will Be and the Monday That Is

The Monday That Will Be

As many of you know, I am not big on cover reveals or book debuts. As I've explained in probably more detail than anyone was actually interested in reading, this is due to the idea of promoting something that I have no actual experience with, and I don't want to be telling, or even suggesting, anyone to buy something that isn't actually a worthwhile product. On the other side of that, I don't actually ask people to promo my stuff before they've experienced it, either. I figure that's a fair trade.

However, I am participating in Briane Pagel's tour for his newest book, Temporary Anne.

I'm making an exception to my rule for two reasons:
1. I like almost everything Briane writes (sorry, the Stupid Pineapple failed to grab me (that's not me calling the Pineapple stupid; that's the name of the story)). I'd strongly suggest Eclipse; it will warp your mind as you try to figure out what's really happening. Or happened.
2. It's not really an exception as Briane sent me promo copy of Anne, which I'm reading right now so I should (assuming nothing catastrophic happens this week) have a review ready for my stop on the tour. That would be stop #2.

At any rate, Briane is someone that gets overlooked a lot because of the length of his posts. He's the only guy around (that I know of) that consistently has longer posts than me (not including John Scalzi, who does, also, sometimes have longer posts than me, but, also, puts up tons of posts with almost no words a all). Briane is well worth reading. Although his posts are often rambling, they are generally full of all sorts of insight and frequently make me LOL. In fact, my wife has come to expect that if I am LOLing while blog reading that I am reading one of Briane's posts. She's probably correct about 99% of the time.

Briane's books, on the other hand, while frequently philosophical in nature (though not always), are not rambling. He tells good stories even if he does sometimes need an editor to help him with punctuation and stuff. He does not need an editor to help him with his stories. At all. And his books are all less than a buck which is almost nothing so they're well worth picking up. AND reading.

15 comments:

Congratulations, Briane!And I think you shortchanged your post today.Picked up the first collection when it came out. No, haven't read Bryan's story yet - still consumed by the madness that is book tour and launch preparations...

I love Briane's writing as well, and his long rambling posts which yes, they make me laugh, usually spitting whatever I'm drinking on my keyboard. I've learned not to drink'n'read Briane. Just easier on the computer that way.I'm promoting this because I like his writing, but I probably will never read the book. I'm just not into horror. AT ALL. But that doesn't mean I won't help a friend out.I don't mind doing cover releases for books I don't know much about if I know the PERSON behind the book. I feel like I'm promoting a friend, not a product, and if I like a friend's writing, or style or what have you, I'm happy to help out. We all have our own "rules" about how to use our audience for others.Tina @ Life is Good

I feel like Tom Sawyer watching his own funeral. Did Tom Sawyer do that? Let's say he did.

Thanks, Andrew. I wanted to mention that this time I'm pretty sure you will not find any significant editing errors. I have joined the Church of Editing, presided over by you, and even offered money to proofreaders who found errors. Only PT earned $5 so far.

But that notwithstanding, I very much appreciate the nice words you and everyone else have put on here. I hope the blog tour lives up to my own expectations. As for the book, I know it will.

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I got a degree in English with the intent to write. Then, I got busy with other things, including getting married and having kids, and let the whole writing thing get away from me. 20 years later, I'm finally doing it. My first novel is currently available through Amazon on the Kindle and as a physical book.